CHAPTER 2 ; INVESTIGATION

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... CHAPTER 2 - WEEK 2??? Narrators Remain ; The clock begins to chime, and on the first note, curfew lifts. Your doors swing open, whether you are ready or not. Leaving your room is a blur. The person you fell asleep beside — are they still there? Have they vanished? Were they ever there at all? You can't seem to recall clearly. What you are most aware of is the pervading sense of wrongness in the air, and how you can't hear anything but the chime of the clock. Even the sounds of your own voice and your own footsteps do not reach your ears. By the time the time the clock strikes nine, you know one thing to be true: blood has been spilt. Search the castle carefully — you wouldn't want to miss a single important detail, would you...? Welcome to this week's investigation post! This time, you all will be posting your own locations that you wish to search. Please note the Locations page for your reference. Evidence — or lack thereof — will be noted in these threads. We ask that group threads consist of no more than 2-3 characters. After the discovery of the body (or bodies) and any pertinent evidence, an IC announcement concluding the investigation will go up. You are then free to make your own toplevels on this post for any threads you would like to have between the end of the investigation and the start of the trial. If you have any questions, please ask on our Discord server or ping us on plurk. Please direct pings to Britt (bloodthirstiest), as she will be taking point on this investigation! Instructions on this week's investigation can be found in a pin in the General chat! full navigation. locations taken (statuses) stories (profiles) info & faq wishing well private conversations

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[concasse]

[hanging his head in shaaaaaame]

Sorry...

[Glancing at that cabinet, too.]

Yeah, uh... we're without pain meds in this shitty castle, so I guess everyone figured it was the next best thing.

[Still, Sanji is going to keep this in mind, probably check the cabinet to see what's missing (if he'd have any chance of knowing)]

[themodsgrimm]

[I mean, Sanji's kind of a lush, so. Yeah, he'd probably know.

Lots of vodka is gone. Some sake. A little rum. Some of the bottles appear to empty - how rude of whoever put them in there to get someone's hopes up like that!

...

While he's searching that, a burning smell will reach both of their noses. Hmm. Is something on fire? There's smoke coming out of the oven.]

[discardia]

[ wow, it's a good thing Cardia doesn't keep close tabs on the alcohol and is already peering around to see if anything's amiss like-- ]

Eh?!

[ please excuse her, she's rushing over to the oven to... open the door. WHAT EVEN IS ON FIRE. ]

[concasse]

[MmMMMM HEAD SWIVEL

THERE IS A DISTURBANCE IN HIS KITCHEN

WHAT THE FUCK]

C-cardia-chan, be careful!

[themodsgrimm]

[Smoke billows on out of it! ...once it's had some time to get out into the air, it will be easier to see inside.

There's a cake. It's burnt.

But, once they blink - it vanishes, along with the acrid smell of smoke. But now that they're on this side of the kitchen, they might notice that the cutlery drawer is slightly ajar, too.]

[discardia]

[ coughing when you have a cut near your ribs is a pain in the butt, but alas, this is her fate. ]

I-I'm all right. [ cough. Okay, dead ghost cake, live your dreams. ]

But one of the drawers is open.

[concasse]

[Noooo cake, you died too young! Hikage was supposed to eat you!

... As for the drawer, Sanji looks at it with open weariness.]

Wonder how many knives are missing today.

[Whelp, might as well have a look, waving some of the smoke away from his face]

[themodsgrimm]

[Sanji will find that... yet another butter knife is missing!

Other than that, the kitchen is clear.]

[discardia]

It looks like nothing else is out of place.

[ thank goodness, she's avoiding bodies always. ]

[concasse]

You can't kill anyone with a butterknife, guys...

[Just muttering that to himself, he is so tired.]

Right, let's get outta here... sure we'll be hearing the announcement soon.

[He is too tired even for coffee. Thanks castle.]